Friday, May 25, 2012

Brett Kimberlin: Meet the Soros-Funded Domestic Who Is Terrorizing Bloggers Into Silence | Video | TheBlaze.com: "Be prepared to enter an alternate universe, bizarre beyond any stretch of what you thought possible. And then keep reading, because this may be one of the most important exposés published on The Blaze to date. It will explain in frightening detail what it means to speak the truth at the expense of losing all you hold dear. And will reveal how easy it has been for one convicted domestic terrorist — backed by George Soros and Barbara Streisand alike — to use the U.S. legal system, as well as less desirable channels, to silence those who have dared tell the story of one Brett Kimberlin, a.k.a. the “Speedway Bomber.”"

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Illinois Tea Party | Illinois Tea Party: "ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS MUST VOTE NO ON OBAMACARE TWO YEARS EARLY
Mon, 05/21/2012 - 6:30am | Andrew Gasser
The Illinois Tea Party is shocked to learn House Republican Leader Tom Cross is cutting a deal with Chicago Democrats to implement Obamacare two years early in Cook County. "We have fought the passage and implementation of Obamacare for three long years," said Denise Cattoni, State Director of the Illinois Tea Party."

Don’t you love technology? We all do. It's hard to imagine in an age of blockbuster lines every time a product debuts at the Apple store, but it wasn’t too long ago that tablets, smart phones, and even laptops were uncommon. Now it seems we can’t get through the day without them.

In this week’s edition of Majority Points, we’ll explore how technology has helped make us more powerful as individuals within our political system than ever before – and how, when coupled with old-fashioned campaign methods, they can give you enormous influence in this critical election year.

As technology has advanced, so too has the American voter. We no longer get our information from just three evening news casts or one local paper. Politically engaged Americans have access to multiple information sources about issues, campaigns and candidates. A single person's Facebook "wall" or Twitter "stream", for example, can easily provide all the events of the day, right at your fingertips, and all scan-able in seconds.

Meanwhile, the number of single issue voters is decreasing and the number of unaffiliated voters is increasing. This means the traditional political parties who once dominated elections also have lost direct control over primaries and even general contests.

All these factors make YOU and other grassroots activists more influential. We call it the “Do It Yourself Campaign.” Of course you need more than just you, but the idea that you need a political organization backing you to help drive out like-minded voters no longer holds water. In 2010, small groups of ordinary Americans started organizing tea parties and citizen groups right at their kitchen tables-- and together they helped mobilize millions of voters for that fall's election cycle.

How did they do it? They used a potent combination of the latest technology and tried-and-true, old-fashioned methods to contact voters and simply talk to them about what we need from our government.

On the high-tech side, tea party organizations and other grassroots community groups today are using programs like Gravity – an online campaign management software that uses the latest voter data in your area to help you target election districts and precincts, develop walk lists, distribute information and deploy volunteers. American Majority is providing this state-of-the-art software FREE to conservative groups who want to set up their own voter contact and Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts this election season.Click HERE for more information.

On the low-tech side, organizing for victory always starts by developing a message that resonates with people right in your backyard and then recruiting like-minded volunteers to spread that message. Divide your local community into small districts or utilize existing political boundaries like Election Districts to canvass door to door. Start TODAY. Set small, measurable goals for reaching voters. Think bite-sized chunks. Communicate with them several times between now and November. This is called "touching" the voter. And it works.

It’s less than six months until Election Day 2012. This year, you can have a greater impact that ever before and ensure candidates who will fight to keep America free actually win in November. Beyond that "finish line" of sorts, as conservatives we want to to hold our elected officials accountable. And not just this year, but every year.

Americans want to have more control over a system of government spiraling out of control. Frankly – if we want the kind of generational change that is necessary to keep this nation free and prosperous – we will have to do it ourselves. That's right, ourselves. No one is coming to save us.

And just as there is no longer any real "man behind the curtain"...no powerful, centralized, all-knowing national or state party apparatus, there is also literally no excuse for political activists, campaigns and candidates not to embrace all the innovation and science pouring through our culture. Get smart! Adapt popular platforms, programs and hardware for your purposes! The volunteers of yesteryear would have killed for even the ability to manipulate and sort electoral data we all take for granted thanks to the venerable Excel sheet so many of us love to hate.

Work smarter, not harder. Don't forget the elbow grease, but don't ignore the information and computing revolutions changing lives around you. Good old shoe leather and new, easy to use technologies make it possible like never before to very nearly "do it yourself". To be an "army of one" when it comes to politics. Learn more about how you can engage by clicking HERE.

Resource Spotlight

"But what is victory? It is of course, when boiled down to its essence, getting more votes than the other guy (or gal). So the vote goal is the destination, and everything on a campaign, from message to media to GOTV, is aimed at that goal. So how are you going to find that goal?"

AM Alumni Spotlight

"Jennifer Grant, CPA, mother of four, and full-time professional, saw a need for change in her community. She loves the values cherished by her community in Waukesha county, Wisconsin, but noticed that “those values aren’t always reflected” by her county board. So when a seat opened up, she seized the opportunity by running and winning."

Friday, May 11, 2012

Dear Friend,

At American Majority, we believe that being an actively engaged citizen is a lifestyle. It’s not just something you do around election time, but it’s a part of every day of your life. That’s why we’re sending you these Majority Points updates – to arm you with information that you can spread to friends, colleagues and family. Our first job as pro-freedom activists is to spread the word about American values and the threats our great nation faces at the hands of pro-government progressives, and then give you meaningful ways to combat those threats.

In this edition of Majority Points, we are breaking down the REAL debt crisis in America. When you hear about the so-called National Debt, commentators, candidates and pundits are often referring to the Federal Debt which today stands at more than $15 trillion or about on par with our GDP (and headed to $16 trillion at an alarming rate). When we look at our debt ratio as a nation (which is the level of debt as compared to how much we generate as a country) it doesn’t look like we’re underwater yet.

But in fact we are. Big time.

Government at the federal, state and local level has gotten so big that we as Americans can no longer afford to think that what’s happening in Europe in countries like Greece, Spain, Italy and others, cannot happen here. It can, and thanks to the crisis of government spending, we are well on our way. In fact, if we’re not careful, the “unseen” debt and obligations at the state and local level, with states like California and Illinois could ultimately undercut the foundations of our entire economy.

Now our aggregate national debt includes all the debt and unfunded liabilities of state and local governments as well. Progressives love to omit those numbers from the picture to drive the ridiculous idea that we don’t have a debt crisis and the government should be allowed to grow unchecked.

So what is the REAL National Debt?? It’s so big and complex an issue that it’s hard to really know. But here are the facts as best we can tell:

The Federal Government employs roughly 2 million civilians, with 85% of them living and working outside the Washington DC area. The cost of those employees, government programs, infrastructure and personnel benefits help produce a Federal Debt of more than $15.5 trillion.

Now approximately 19 million (yes, 19 million)Americans work for state, county, school district and municipal governments across the country. These governments owe all these employees a total of more than $4.4 trillion in local pension and health care benefits that are PRESENTLY NOT FUNDED. Those numbers may not include other bonds and borrowing at the state and local level.

So the grand total, being conservative, is approximately $20 trillion in government debt. Our GDP in 2011 was about $14.5 trillion, so purely on government spending alone we’re massively overspending. And keep in mind that President Obama has projected another $1 trillion or more short fall for 2012 on the federal side.

This kind of reckless spending, bloated government and massive debt leads to higher taxation for EVERYONE. Yes, despite what the progressives would like you to believe – EVERYONE will pay for this bill – not just the so-called wealthy.

We have 180 days to go until we can make some real change happen and do a 180 degree turn off the path of statism back towards one of freedom and prosperity. Spread the word about these figures and the danger they pose to the future of American freedom. Remember – 70% of the officials we send to Washington started out at the local and state level, and here they are, helping to create the vast majority of the government bureaucracy we cannot afford, but are forced to pay for everyday.

Many of them have been part of the problem for too long. That’s why American Majority is encouraging conservative, liberty-minded people everywhere to engage in local elections this year. Your communities are the real battleground against our national debt crisis.

Resource Spotlight

Why America is Great: Volume 7: The great challenge to the members of the Constitutional Convention was to design a national government both strong and ordered enough to maintain the welfare of a large continent, but also gentle enough that it would never encroach upon the liberties of the people.

AM Alumni Spotlight

American Majority continues on its mission to identify and train conservatives across the country to run for office and to win. Jim Moldenhauer took the practical knowledge he gained from American Majority training in November 2011, and applied it in his run for Alderman in District 1 of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

Imagine yourself at a championship game for your favorite sport. Your favorite team is fighting for the title, the season is on the line, and the game is tied. Halftime is ending, and your team is coming back out of the locker room to finish the job and bring home the win.

Have you ever heard such a roar as the one that comes up from a crowd when their team is coming back out for the second half, ready to take care of business?

That’s exactly where we are right now, my friend – halftime has just ended, and our country’s future is on the line. Now it’s time to finish the game and bring home a win.

We got off to a great start in the first half of this championship game. As I told you last week, Chris Koerber, an American Majority trainee in the summer of 2010, was recently sworn in as a city councilman in Sierra Madre, California after winning an election for a vacated seat. Chris’s victory comes on the heels of a landmark day in Wisconsin in early April, when 32 American Majority-identified and trained conservative candidates were elected to local office all across the state, out of 59 on the ballot. Now these dedicated conservatives can begin undoing the corrupting influence of Leftist policies in their states and communities.

You see, true change begins with the right people, and the right people will run victorious campaigns when they receive the training that only American Majority provides. Over 20,000 individuals have passed through our trainings, and they have all gone on to make a difference in their communities for the cause of liberty, either as activists or as candidates for office.

There is no time to lose. The statists are bound and determined to mortgage our children’s futures for the sake of political gain, and if left unchecked, they will get away with it. We cannot let them take home a win at the end of this hard-fought season.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

On Friday's show Glenn had a studio filled with Super Heroes put on this planet to help rid the world of the humanity-challenged and compassion handicapped among us. If you have trouble recognizing the incredible value these heroes are to society, you too are handicapped. Fear not, these heroes and others like them have a unique super ability to restore your humanity if you give them a chance.GBTV.com: Video: Glenn Beck Program : Learning from special children - Video:
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Friday, May 4, 2012

In 1980, Ronald Reagan asked a simple question to the American people – “Are you better off today than four years ago?” America at that time was buckling under high unemployment and suffering because of the policies of a president that was in over his head.

Sound familiar?

It’s May of 2012 and we have six months to take a message of reform to the people of this country and all of us need to do our part. Now is the time to get organized on the home front. All too often we think about a Presidential election year solely in terms of the race for the White House. When we do that we miss the big picture.

Sure, making certain that we have leadership in Washington that’s going to Keep America Free through a renewed focus on the Constitution, less spending, smaller government and individual freedom is critically important. But just as this country was founded on the principles of an individual’s power to achieve, so too our ability to save America from statism rests on our individual efforts.

In fact, we could solve many of our problems in Washington and still face fiscal crisis due to government gluttony and overreach. Local and state-level spending, taxation and debt are in fact one of the largest portion of our problem nationwide. We need to start cultivating new conservative leaders, supporting conservative campaigns and organizing for victory today in primary contests from school board to state senate in order to ensure real change that works bubbles up from our neighborhoods to impact the nation. And let’s be honest: national, generational change does not begin at the top. It begins at the local level.

Last year American Majority launched the New Leaders Project to encourage local activists to look at the big picture – not just one level of government or one election for that matter but developing a new generation of American leadership. We challenged conservative grassroots groups across America to take the New Leaders Pledge to identify 10 people in their local community who can be groomed for leadership of some kind.

To date, more than 500 groups have committed to recruiting more than 5000 new, conservative leaders to help drive forward the kind of reform you and I know is needed in America. For our part, American Majority committed to training all these folks and providing the latest campaign management technology platform called Gravity, to their local grassroots groups to help make them more effective at winning the battle of ideas in our communities. Sign the pledge today and be a part of a new wave of principled, liberty-minded leadership for America.

We have six months to fight this fight and win for our future. Our mission is the preservation of freedom and the restoration of American values. Right now, it’s incumbent upon all our grassroots groups across America to being identifying campaigns and districts where outreach can be done directly to voters who will respond to our message that places people – not government – first.

We strongly encourage you to have a leadership meeting this spring to plot a strategy for identifying those audiences who need to know about how debt and taxes are crippling our nation. Start a volunteer drive for those willing to pass out literature and canvass neighborhoods. Then use technology like Gravity or updated voter data to start mapping out where you can hit most effectively.

We are six months out from the election of our lifetime. We’ve seen the damage done in just a few short years, now we have just a few short months to prepare. For more information about having an American Majority training in your area visit us at AmericanMajority.org.

Resource Spotlight

Beyond finding candidates, another task as the 2012 elections approach is to find new voters to help Keep America Free. That's where the new Map Widget at Pledge to Vote comes in. All the prospective voter has to do is choose the right state, and voter registration information pops right up.

AM Alumni Spotlight

"Chris Koerber and his wife, Halcyon, attended an American Majority candidate training during the Summer of 2010.... Yesterday, Chris was sworn in as the most recent Sierra Madre City Councilman. He is now one of 5 city council members governing a budget of over $20 Million and 67 City employees."